Player B: "I’ve never taken performance-enhancing drugs and I never will."

Player C: "I have never used performance-enhancing drugs. Period. Anybody who says otherwise is lying."

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun is Player A and that was his reaction after Major League Baseball overturned his 50-game suspension in February 2012 for elevated testosterone.

On July 22, he accepted a 65-game suspension for unspecified "violations" of both baseball's drug program and labour contract, according to MLB commissioner Bud Selig.

Player B is Washington Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez, who is said to have paid $1,000 US for questionable dietary supplements.

And Player C is Jhonny Peralta, the 31-year-old shortstop who was batting a career-high .308 for the Tigers through Tuesday.

Who’s telling the truth? All of them? Maybe some. Perhaps none. They are among about 20 players MLB is said to be ready to suspend as soon as Thursday or Friday for their reported connection to Biogenesis, the alleged PED distribution clinic in Miami.

Three-time MVP Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees stands to receive the longest suspension. The Yankees expected him to be accused of recruiting other athletes for the clinic, attempting to obstruct MLB's investigation, and not being truthful with MLB in the past when he discussed his relationship with Dr. Anthony Galea, who pleaded guilty two years ago to a federal charge of bringing unapproved drugs into the United States from Canada.